Leafshine: Lust for Flower

Safe Arbor Day (or something like that)

So, now. Going through my feeds (and my e-mails, as it turns out), I discover that Phae of Pesto4Life has set us a challenge, which is something to do with some colonial holiday know as Arbor Day.

In a burst of blatant link-baiting restoration druid community spirit, she has set us a series of gear challenges, so we can get a screenie up on June 1st, the date of said colonial holiday. Now, this is going to be a real challenge for me. I'm nowhere near Exalted with the Cenarion Circle, for example, and my guild is only just clearing Kara, so I'm gonna need some luck to get both piece of T4 from there in time.

Just between you and me, I might cheat. After all, there's no way anybody could tell what rep I've got, is there? Just keep schtumm. Don't tell Phae. Or you might hear frighteningly woody footsteps in the night...

New Wrath of the Lich King info - What About Druids?

New Wrath of the Lich King info is dropping like sweet, sweet expansion rain from heaven today. Apparently Blizz have held a press event and given a few journos a peek under the expansion's kimono. And what delights are to be found there…

You can find the broader details on Worldofwar.net, Gamespy and even Weird of Matticus. But I have more specific concerns.

What about the Druids?

Put That Orphan To Work For Childrens Week

Do you need Lower City rep? Well then, close this browser window, get yourself into WoW, and do the Outland Childrens Week quests now. You've got around 48 hours before the event finishes, and when it does, you lose the opportunity to earn the best part of 2,000 Lower City rep.

Take Leafshine! She's a sensible druid, and did her quests last night. Not only did she get enough rep to finally purchase the Lower City Prayerbook, finally ridding herself of her last green, but she also acquired a Sleepy Willy. And you know how important they are, last thing at night…

But Luckily Ratty & Mole Were Fine

Having a Wind in the Willows moment in Heroic Underbog...

Too Many WoW Characters (For Netherspite)

Good news: My guild, The Shattered Ravens, downed nasty Mr Netherspite for the first time last night!

Bad news: I wasn't there! Horrible, busy work stuff (and my other half returning from holiday) made me unavailable for play. Boo!

However, this does give me the chance to introduce a guildie who is just finding his blogging feet! Martyn is a man with Too Many WoW Characters (and an understanding fiancée (who has a 70 hunter (and a high-level Priest))).

Anyway, feel free to wonder over, check out his account of last night, and give him a WoW Blog readers welcome! And tell 'im that Leafy sent you…

What Sort of WoW Player Am I?

The Many Annas recently posted an interesting gamer personality test, which rather reminds me of the Myers-Briggs thing they made me do at work when I reached the ranks of management...

I had a go at the test, and, as it turns out I'm a:

SEAK

SEAK players are usually very interested in the the 'total experience' of a virtual world--meeting other people and finding the unique places within it. They don't care much for PVP or levelling, but meeting up with online friends to see new parts of the world is usually fun and exciting.

Breakdown: Achiever 33.33%, Explorer 60.00%, Killer 26.67%, Socializer 80.00%

And, to be honest, I'd say that was pretty accurate. Perhaps a Horde-side alt, to see new quests and areas, would be the way to go...

Back in PvP Action

So, that "not doing PvP" thing? Uh, didn't work out so well.

You see, I saw this and thought "oh, looks nice".

And then, well, I bought the new rep-based PvP set. And I had to test it, right?

100th Post: The Pre-Wrath of the Lich King Lull

Wow! I can hardly believe that I've reached 100 posts already*. What started out as a wee side-project has turned into something rather more popular than I expected, and I'm very grateful to all of you who swing by and visit this blog from time to time.

For my 100th post I shall give you:

The State of the Leafy

The problem I have with Leafshine is that, for now, she's essentially "done". There's some incremental gear upgrades she needs, to ease heroic running and Kara/Z'A trips, sure, but I'm running out of new things to do. Despite my earlier complaints, I'm nearly done on the Shattered Sun Offensive rep grind (a successful trip to Magisters' Terrace helped with that), so I'm running out of things to do. And I'm not alone.